Apple QuickTime up to 7.0.4 QuickDraw memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Apple QuickTime. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component QuickDraw. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2006-1453. No exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Apple QuickTime (Multimedia Player Software). This affects an unknown code of the component QuickDraw. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Stack-based buffer overflow in Apple QuickTime before 7.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted QuickDraw PICT image format file containing malformed font information.

The bug was discovered 05/11/2006. The weakness was published 05/12/2006 by eEye Digital Security (TippingPoint) with eEye Digital Security (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2006-1453 since 03/28/2006. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 21554 (Quicktime < 7.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Mac OS X)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115357 (Apple Mac OS X Security Update 2006-003 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2006-05-11)).

Upgrading to version 7.1 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 10119.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (26400), Tenable (21554), SecurityFocus (BID 17953†), OSVDB (25516†) and Secunia (SA20069†). Similar entries are available at VDB-2230, VDB-2232, VDB-2228 and VDB-2227. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 21554
Nessus Name: Quicktime < 7.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Mac OS X)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: QuickTime 7.1
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: eEye Digital Security (TippingPoint)
Organization: eEye Digital Security
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2006-1453 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-1453
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-30195
X-Force: 26400
SecurityFocus: 17953 - Apple QuickTime Multiple Integer and Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 20069 - QuickTime Multiple Code Execution Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 25516 - CVE-2006-1453 - Apple - QuickTime - Buffer Overflow Issue
SecurityTracker: 1016067
Vulnerability Center: 11420 - Apple QuickTime 7.1 Remote Code Execution via a Crafted QuickDraw PICT File., Critical
Vupen: ADV-2006-1778

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Created: 03/12/2015 12:19
Updated: 06/22/2025 17:42
Changes: 03/12/2015 12:19 (74), 06/17/2019 20:08 (12), 06/22/2025 17:42 (18)
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